i>Clicker is a student response system, which can be used to involve students in class activities, assess student learning, or register votes in a departmental meeting. ​ Using hand-held remote devices, students can instantly answer questions, provide feedback, or cast their vote.

How it Works:

The i>clicker system is made up of 3 components: a receiver, multiple student remotes, and software. The i>clicker receiver is easy to use—just plug and play.

The instructor presents a question and enables polling.

Each student responds by clicking the appropriate button on theiri>clicker remote.

A radio signal is sent from each responding i>clicker remote to the receiver.

The receiver stores the data of each individual student in the i>grader application.

The instructor can choose whether or not to display results in a graph to the audience.

The results are available for later analysis, grading, exporting into Excel.

The receiver is powered by plugging it into a USB port on a computer. The i>clicker technology works with any electronic application or media, including word processors, spreadsheet applications, presentation applications, PDF documents, and a web site that you can access from the computer attached to the base station. i>Clickers can be used in either an anonymous or registered mode, despending on if you would like responses to be anonymous or tracked. The student remotes operate on a two-way radio frequency system that will not interfere with Wi-Fi technologies and are powered by three AA batteries. There is a range of 250-300 feet. There are alternate sub-frequencies to prevent interference with nearby classrooms.

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